#TsiConrad is a Christian journalist and activist in #Cameroon who reported extensively on abuses perpetrated during the ongoing civil unrest in the country’s English-speaking regions. He was arrested in December 2016 while filming a demonstration, and subsequently convicted of baseless charges including revolution and terrorism. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment and remains one of Cameroon’s longest-detained #journalists.

2/14

https://freedomhouse.org/article/hope-and-despair-cameroons-yaounde-central-prison

Hope and Despair in Cameroon’s Yaoundé Central Prison

Tsi Conrad, a Cameroonian journalist who has been unjustly imprisoned since December 2016, is hopeful that President Donald Trump will continue to call out the Biya regime’s abuses and push for democracy in Cameroon.

Freedom House
These 11 Champions of Democracy Faced Prison Over Their Work

Courageous rights defenders are jailed all over the world for speaking truth to power. Freedom House documents their cases and advocates for their immediate release.

Freedom House